Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency

Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 10 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Haryana state in India.[1] This constituency covers the entire Kurukshetra and Kaithal districts and part of Yamunanagar district.

Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituencies in Haryana, Kurukshetra is numbered 2
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateHaryana
Assembly constituenciesRadaur
Ladwa
Shahbad
Thanesar
Pehowa
Guhla
Kalayat
Kaithal
Pundri
Established1977
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat was initially Kaithal Lok Sabha seat and till 1977 its headquarters was also Kaithal. Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat came into existence in 1977. Elections from 2nd to 5th Lok Sabha were held at Kaithal Lok Sabha seat

Assembly segments

At present, Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies. These are:[2]

# Name District Member Party
10 Radaur Yamunanagar Bishan Lal Saini INC
11 Ladwa Kurukshetra Mewa Singh INC
12 Shahbad (SC) Ram Karan JJP
13 Thanesar Subhash Sudha BJP
14 Pehowa Sandeep Singh BJP
15 Guhla (SC) Kaithal Ishwar Singh JJP
16 Kalayat Kamlesh Dhanda BJP
17 Kaithal Leela Ram BJP
18 Pundri Randhir Singh Gollen Ind

Members of Parliament
Year Winner Party
1957 Mool Chand Jain Indian National Congress
1962 Dev Dutt Puri
1967 Gulzarilal Nanda
1971
1977 Raghubir Singh Virk Janata Party
1980 Manohar Lal Saini Janata Party (Secular)
1984 Sardar Harpal Singh Indian National Congress
1989 Gurdial Singh Saini Janata Dal
1991 Tara Singh Indian National Congress
1996 Om Prakash Jindal Haryana Vikas Party
1998 Kailasho Devi Indian National Lok Dal
1999
2004 Naveen Jindal Indian National Congress
2009
2014 Raj Kumar Saini Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Nayab Singh Saini

Election results

2019
2019 Indian general elections: Kurukshetra[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nayab Singh Saini 686,588 55.98
INC Nirmal Singh 3,03,722 24.71
BSP Shashi 75,533 6.15
JJP Jai Bhagwan Sharma 68,437 5.57
INLD Arjun Chautala 60,574 4.93
Majority 3,84,591 31.27 +19.85
Turnout 12,31,165 74.29 -1.51
BJP hold Swing

2014
2014 Indian general elections: Kurukshetra[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Raj Kumar Saini 4,18,112 36.81 +36.81
INLD Balbir Saini 2,88,376 25.39 -6.42
INC Naveen Jindal 2,87,722 25.33 -20.04
BSP Chhattar Singh 68,926 6.07 -11.20
NOTA None of the above 2,482 0.22 N/A
Majority 1,29,736 11.42 -2.14
Turnout 11,35,892 75.80
BJP gain from INC Swing +36.81

2009
2009 Indian general elections: Kurukshetra[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Naveen Jindal 3,97,204 45.36
INLD Ashok Kumar Arora 2,78,475 31.80
BSP Gurdyal Singh Saini 1,51,231 17.27
HJC(BL) Jaswant Singh Cheema 16,839 1.92
Majority 1,18,729 13.56
Turnout 8,75,536 75.04
INC hold Swing

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See also

Notes

    References
    1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
    2. "Parliamentary/Assembly Constituency wise Electors in Final Roll 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2009.
    3. "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
    4. "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
    5. "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
    6. "General Election, 1991 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
    7. "General Election, 1999 (Vol I, II, III)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
    8. "General Election 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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